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Today and tomorrow WMNF will answer your questions about filling out your federal income tax forms this year. We'll have three CPAs in the studio, Phil Scheidt, Lee Hewitt and Malcolm Hayes who will take your phone calls and answer your e-mail questions. Tune in at 11AM March 19 and 20. Call in with your questions at 813-238-8001 and e-mail your tax question to dj@wmnf.org.

On todays WMNF 88.5 FM Sustainable Living Program we talked about Green Buildings. Our first guest recently wrote an article in the Home Power Magazine titled The Living Building Challenge". Juliet Grable states that LBC goes beyond US Green Building Councils Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Standards. We also had local accredited professional LEED Architect John Garland talk more about the LEED process and some of the projects hes been involved in. John works for RO...

The WMNF family lost a valued long-time member Wednesday. Tom Henderson, the host of the popular program This is Bluegrass passed away. Tom began programming bluegrass on the radio in the early 1970s.

We interviewed Randy Wind, program director at WMNF about Tom's influence on bluegrass.

"We lost Tom Henderson last night. He was lead bluegrass DJ at WMNF for over 25 years. It's a huge loss for WMNF and for the bluegrass world because Tom is known all over the bluegrass world as one of...

Good morning, Welcome to Radioactivity. Im Rob Lorei. Coming up- farmworkers are still battling the Publix Supermarket chain  trying to get them to honor the tomato agreement ..

And well meet one of the countrys best investigative reporters--- hes covered everything from the Saudi 9/11 connection to George Bushs mysterious missing military records to the mysteries surrounding the Boston Marathon Bombing

But first- one listener comment about yesterdays program on whuch we...

This week on True Talk Rob Lorei airs a speech made by Miko Peled an Israeli peace activist and author. He has written the book, The Generals Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine, and travels the world discussing his experience.

Today on the Last Call we discuss the great Florida debate over medical marijuana.
On the November ballot voters will be asked to allow doctors to prescribe marijuana for debilitating conditions like cancer, MS, glaucoma, Parkinsons. USF Journalism Professor, Wayne Garcia joins the show.

The most expensive military plane ever built- is still not ready for prime time. The hi-tech warplane is supposed to serve as the backbone of the future US fighter fleet.
The planealready 10 years behind schedule and 100 percent over budgethas cost taxpayers nearly $400 billion dollars, and will eventually cost $1.5 trillion.
The costly plane  some of which are already deployed at Eglin Air Force Base in the Panhandle--has difficu...